The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2019
288 pages
978-1-350-03527-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms used within graphic design and associated disciplines.
Over 250 terms are explained and contextualized, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary graphic design.
The dictionary covers traditional practice and process terms as well as modern terminology. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as Perfect binding, Deboss and Strikethrough, as well as movements and styles including Surrealism, Psychadelia and Postmodernism.
Over 250 terms are explained and contextualized, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary graphic design.
The dictionary covers traditional practice and process terms as well as modern terminology. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as Perfect binding, Deboss and Strikethrough, as well as movements and styles including Surrealism, Psychadelia and Postmodernism.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
300 colour illus
ISBN-13
978-1-350-03527-0 (9781350035270)
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Gavin Ambrose | Paul Harris
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design
Book
12/2006
AVA Publishing SA
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Persons
Gavin Ambrose is a practising graphic designer. His current commercial practice includes clients from the arts sector, publishers and advertising agencies. Paul Harris is a freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared extensively in magazines and journals on both sides of the Atlantic.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- How to get the most out of this book
- The Dictionary
- A
- Absolute & Relative Measurements
- Abstract Expressionism
- Accents
- Additive & Subtractive Primaries
- Alignment
- Ampersand
- Analogy
- Antique
- Apex
- Appropriation
- Art Deco
- Art Nouveau
- Arts & Crafts Movement
- Ascender & Descender
- Asymmetry
- Avant Garde
- B
- Baseline & Baseline Shift
- Bauhaus
- Bellyband
- Bible Paper
- Binding
- Bitmap
- Blackletter
- Bleed
- Boldface
- Book Detailing
- Braces
- Brand
- Broadside
- Buckram
- C
- Calligraphy
- Calliper
- Canadian Binding
- Channels
- Chroma
- Clarendon
- see CMYK
- Cognition
- Collage
- Colour
- Colour Fall
- Colour Systems
- Colour Wheel
- Colour Wheel Selections
- Column
- Concertina
- Constructivism
- Continuity
- Counters
- Crack Back
- Creep
- Cross Alignment
- Cubism
- D
- Dada
- Dagger
- Deboss
- Deckle Edge
- Deconstruction
- Denotation
- Depth of Field
- Die Cut
- Dingbats
- DIN
- Diphthong
- Diacritical Marks
- Dominate & Subordinate Colour
- DPI, PPI & LPI
- Drop & Standing Capitals
- Duotone
- Duplexing
- E
- Ear
- Eclectic
- Egyptian
- Ellipsis
- Emboss
- Ems & Ens
- Expert Sets
- Exquisite Corpse
- Extent
- F
- Fibonacci Numbers
- File Formats
- Filigree
- see Filters
- Flaps
- Flock
- Flood Colour
- Fluorescent
- Foil
- Folding
- Fore-edge Printing
- Four-colour Black
- French Fold
- Fresco
- Frieze
- Frutiger's Grid
- G
- Gamut
- Gatefold
- Geometric
- Golden Section
- Gradient
- Graffiti
- Grain
- Greyscale
- Grid
- Grotesque or Gothic
- GSM
- Gutter
- H
- Halftone
- Heraldry
- Hierarchy
- Hot Metal Type
- Hue
- Humanist
- Hyperreality
- I
- Icon
- Identity
- Ideogram
- Illustration
- Imposition Plan
- Ink Trapping
- Ink Well
- InterCap (Camel Case)
- ISO Paper Sizes
- Italic & Oblique
- J
- Juxtaposition
- K
- Kerning
- Kiss Cut
- Kitsch
- L
- Layout
- Leading
- Lenticular
- Letterpress
- Letterspacing
- Ligatures
- Line Art
- Linocut
- Lithography
- Logos & Logotypes
- M
- Majuscule & Minuscule
- Mark Making
- Master Pages
- Measure
- Median
- Metallic
- Metaphor
- Metonym
- Modernism
- Moiré
- Monochrome
- Montage
- Mosaic
- Monospaced Type
- Mural
- N
- Negative Leading
- Noise
- Numerals
- O
- Occam's (or Ockham's) Razor
- Open Bind
- Optical Character Recognition
- Outline
- Overprint
- P
- Pagination
- Panorama & Vista
- Paragraph Mark
- Paradigm
- Parentheses
- Passe Partout
- Pastiche
- Paths
- Perfect Binding
- Perforation
- Perspective
- Photogram
- Photomontage
- Pictogram
- Pixel
- Plike
- Pointillism
- Point Size
- Postmodernism
- Prime
- Propaganda
- Psychedelia
- Pun
- Q
- Quadtone
- R
- Rag
- Raster
- Rebus
- Recto & Verso
- Registration
- Reportage
- Resolution
- Reveal
- Reverse Out
- RGB
- Rhetoric
- Rivers
- Roll Fold
- Roman
- Rule of Thirds
- S
- Saturation
- Scotch Rule & Scotch Typefaces
- Semaphore
- Semiotics
- Sepia
- Serif & Sans Serif
- Shiner
- Showthrough
- Signifier & Signified
- Silhouette
- Silk-screen Printing
- Simile
- Small Capitals
- Special Colours
- Spot UV
- Standard Width Typeface
- Stencil
- Stress
- Strikethrough
- Stock
- Subscripts
- Superiors
- Surprint
- Surrealism
- Symbols
- Symmetry
- Synecdoche
- Swash Characters
- T
- Tapestry
- Tertiary Colours
- Tessellation
- Thermography
- Throw Out
- Thumbnail
- Tints
- Tip In
- Tip On
- Traditional Paper Sizes
- Trapping
- Tritone
- Trompe L'Oeil
- Type Anatomy
- Type Classification
- Typefaces & Fonts
- Typogram
- V
- Varnish
- Vector
- Vernacular
- Vignette
- W
- White Space
- Widows, Orphans &The Hypho
- X
- X-height
- Z
- Z Bind
- Zeitgeist
- The timeline
- Conclusion
- Index of Synonyms and Cross References
- Acknowledgements & Credits
- eCopyright
